PS: I've created an Emacs major-mode for wisp: https://github.com/krisajenkins/wisp-mode
On Monday, 27 May 2013 11:09:56 UTC+1, Kris Jenkins wrote: > > I've played around with it a fair bit and it's got promise. Despite > appearances, it's not really a Clojure - as David says it's missing a lot > of features that make Clojure more than Just Another Lisp. It's probably > best to think of it as its own Lisp that's adopted Clojure's modernised > syntax. > > With that in mind, there are some things I really like about it. It's nice > to be able to write Lisp for the browser without using the JVM as a > middle-man. It's nice to get a small compiled file without having to > negotiate with the Google Closure compiler. JavaScript interop is easy, as > is using existing Node packages. And there's good reason to > think<https://github.com/Gozala/wisp/issues/16>it'll get source map support > support first, which will be a godsend for > debugging. > > On the downside, the first things that come to mind are a lack of > destructing binds, and its lazy-seq implementation is borked. There's > plenty that you'll miss if you go in expecting Clojure. > > I think it's a project to keep an eye on. I'm using it in some personal > projects, but I wouldn't use it for production. With some work, it'll still > be a lesser language than ClojureScript, but one with a better development > & deployment experience. Personally I hope it spurs some more work on > ClojureScript-in-ClojureScript... > > Kris > > On Saturday, 25 May 2013 00:59:22 UTC+1, Rich Morin wrote: >> >> I saw mention of Wisp the other day (on Hacker News, IIRC), but I >> haven't noticed any discussion of it on the Clojure email list, >> (def newsletter), etc: >> >> Wisp is a homoiconic JavaScript dialect with clojure syntax, >> s-expressions and macros. Unlike clojurescript, Wisp code >> compiles to human-readable JavaScript. The goal of Wisp is >> to compile to the JavaScript you would have written anyway. >> Think of Wisp asmarkdown for JS programing! >> >> Homoiconic syntax and macros are the primary motivations! >> >> -- https://github.com/Gozala/wisp >> >> See also http://jeditoolkit.com/try-wisp/ >> >> Has anyone here played with Wisp? Any reactions? >> >> -r >> >> -- >> http://www.cfcl.com/rdm Rich Morin >> http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume r...@cfcl.com >> http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog +1 650-873-7841 >> >> Software system design, development, and documentation >> >> >> > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
